International

West Papuans demand self-determination in London

Dozens of West Papuan protesters and supporters demonstrated outside the Indonesian embassy on 7 September against state repression of the independence movement.

South Africa: Xenophobic violence - a product of failed capitalist policies

The Socialist Party of Nigeria condemns the raging xenophobic attacks in South Africa which have affected Nigerians alongside other African migrants in South Africa.

Far right makes gains in Germany

The 1 September state elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony saw a continuation of the decline of Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian Democrats (Angela Merkel's CDU), currently Germany's ruling parties.

Hong Kong protests: No let-up in trial of strength

After three months of unprecedented heroic mass struggle against the Lam administration, there seems no sign of an end to the conflict.

Italy: Governing coalition fractures as Salvini looks to capitalise on crisis

After just 14 months in power, the populist coalition government of the far-right Lega and Five Star Movement (M5S) in Italy has collapsed.

Pro-democracy protests continue to rage

The Hong Kong protests were sparked over two months ago by the notorious extradition bill

Kashmir crisis: Stop the attack on democratic rights

The scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's 'special status' and imposing brutal direct rule by Narendra Modi's right-wing Hindu-nationalist BJP government, has significantly increased repression in Kashmir and ratcheted up tension between the Indian and Pakistan governments.

Mass movement topples governor of Puerto Rico

Two weeks of almost continuous mass protests have forced the resignation of the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselló

Hong Kong: the struggle for democratic rights escalates

The struggle for democratic rights in Hong Kong is intensifying and widening far beyond the original campaign to scrap the authority's reactionary extradition bill

Greece elections: Syriza ousted amid voter disillusionment

The recent general election in Greece saw a victory for the right-wing New Democracy.

Interview: protests over killing in Israel

Mass protests blocked roads across Israel after the 30 June killing of 19-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Solomon Tekah by an off-duty cop in the Kiryat Haim area of Haifa, an Israeli port town on the Mediterranean Sea. The Socialist spoke to Eli Yossef, a shop steward in the ancillary section of a hospital in central Israel

Sudan masses mobilise against state repression

Harrowing scenes are now coming out of Sudan of the 3 June massacre, where doctors report well over 100 people were murdered by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and general 'Hemeti' Dagola's brutal Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.

Irish health workers' anger boils over into strike action

On 24 June over 10,000 workers in the Irish health service took strike action, ignoring Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar's last minute plea to call it off. This was the first day in a campaign of escalating strike action.

New opportunity to build working-class fightback after voters punish Erdogan

Voters in Istanbul on 23 June struck a big blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the authoritarian leader of Turkey, amid a deepening economic crisis. This is the first time in Erdogan's 17-year rule that his right-wing capitalist party, AKP, has been defeated in an election.

Sudan solidarity protests

London demo applauds call for a democratic, socialist Sudan; no trust in imperialist powers in Leeds

Ratcheting up of Iran-US tensions

Neither imperialism nor regional powers offer a way forward for Middle East workers and poor

Sudan: The revolution under threat

Mass protests against the former dictator began in December 2018. He was removed by the Transitional Military Council to try to contain the developing revolutionary movement.

Chinese regime's puppet government in Hong Kong pushed back by mass protests

The mass protest movement forced a humiliating climbdown by the pro-Beijing executive

Southern Ireland elections

For media commentators and pundits the big story of the local and European Union elections in Southern Ireland was the surge in support for the Green Party.

Nigeria: Stop police harassment of Abbey and Azeez!

Abiodun Bamigboye (Abbey Trotsky) - a member of the Socialist Party's sister organisation in Nigeria, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) - has been arrested by Nigerian police again and again and again.